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The City That Sinks a Little Every Year
The City That Sinks a Little Every Year is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level F for ages 7–9, 4 pages long and about 1 minute to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1Long ago, this whole valley was a lake. Today, footsteps here are really walking over water that vanished hundreds of years ago.
Page 2At the old cathedral, the front steps dip like a shallow bowl. One bell tower leans just a little more than the other, inch by inch, year by year.
Page 3Down the block, a sidewalk cracks in a jagged line. An old water pipe pokes up above the pavement, higher than it used to be.
